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Narration

Hey there!

Action

Subject is reading a book

Action

Still reading, subject looks disgusted

Action

Boredom has set in

Narration

Whats gotcha down?

Action

Subject points at book, looks fed up

Fade up from black, cue corny 40s PSA-style music in the background Corny 40s PSA-style narration

Narration

I see. Well have you ever checked out

the MSU Comic Art Collection?

Narration

You havent heard of it?

Action

Speech bubble pops in, iconically

indicating subjects lack of knowledge

about the collection:

Action

Speech bubble pops in, subject says

this book is boring symbolically then

pops out.

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msu specialcollections

Narration

... the largest library comic book collection in the world.

Action

globe quickly fades in, then entire scene zooms out to

show the comic book sitting atop the globe

Narration

Well let me explain!

Action

Question mark fades while speech bubble and contents

grow larger, MSU Comic Art Collection illustration

becomes primary focus.

Narration

Located with the MSU Special Collections at the MSU

Library is the MSU Comic Art Collection, is the MSU

Comic Art Collection, ...

ActionComic book shifts left, then library pops in, followed by

label shortly thereafter (both on verbal cues), then both

pop out.

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Narration

It is home to around 240,000 comic books and books

about comics, and people from all over the world travel

to MSU to check out what weve got.

Action

globe and comic shrink slightly and shift to left as

240,000 flies in from right. xs pop up on globe during

people from..

Narration

In charge of collecting, cataloging, indexing, growing,

maintaining, and purchasing comics for the collection is

Randy Scott, comics bibliographer since 1974.

Action

objects fade in at the center and fly to different spots on

corresponding verbal cues, Randys head pops up at the

end and rotates back and forth for a little

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Narration

Once a year, he travels to another country to get comics,

and he has gone as far as Germany, France, Mexico,

Belgium, and Italy to add items to the collection.

Action

Transition from previous panel: objects around Randy

fade out, then we zoom out to see that Randy was in a

plane flying across the world, stars pop in over countrieson their corresponding verbal cues.

Narration

However, the collection hs grown almost entirely

through the generous donations of many collectors,

publishers, and comics retailers.

Action

Hands slide in from top and rock back and forth, libraryslides in from bottom; books fall scattered shortly

thereafter and get smaller as they approach library,

which grows larger when books fall into it.

Narration

The collection started in the 1970s, upon the insistence

of Russell B. Nye.

Action

1970s pops in by number, but instead of a zero, we see

the depiction of Mr. Nye (indicated). Mr. Nye wiggles his

mustache upon mention of his name.

Narration

Nye felt that professors should be studying comic booksand other pop culture items, so libraries should be

collecting these items to aid the professors research.

Action

Thought bubble comes up from Nyes head in 1970s

(he looks up at it) and camera moves upward with it. We

finally see the thought bubble containing Nye reading

comics

Narration

In the end, Nye pressured a couple undergrad students

into donating their comic collections to the llibrary, and

they eventually obliged.

Action

Bubble fades out, we follow the trail back to Nye who

gets serious, and the students QUICKLY slide their

hands out and start tossing books into the box.

197 s(inaccurate depiction)

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Narration

Thus, with the two students contribution of their 6,000

comic books, the MSU Comic Art Collection was born.

Action

Sperm containing a comic book icon alongside 6,000

enters an egg containing the MSU Library, theres a

poof, then a stork flies away with the MSU Comic Art

Collection

Narration

Today, the collection includes nearly 240,000 comics

and books about comics and has four major collecting

areas: US comic books, European comic books, US

newspaper strips, and comics history and criticism.

Whats especially great about the collection is that you

and I can enjoy the many items being collected!

Action

Comic books slide in from bottom, bob up and down;

240,000, four icons pop in to corresponding cues

Narration

Anytime you want to read something from the collection

during the hours it is open, you can go to the special

collections reading room, request an item, and Randy

will be happy bring it to you.

Action

sign pops in, swings around, question bubble pops in,

Randy pops in

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open!

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poof

240,000

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Glad to see youre thoroughly en-joying your new findings! Hopefully

youll never have to read a boring

book again!

Action

Thumbs up!

Action

Previous scene fades out, subject

looks intrigued/interested (needs to

be re-shot)

Action

Poof appears, obscuring the book

Sound

Someone saying poof very dryly

Action

Comics magically appear, after poof

disappears. Full-color photos, Ill

photoshop in some sort of sparkly

effect on the comics.

Sound

Magical sparkly sound

Action

Comics magically appear, after poofdisappears. Full-color photos, Ill

photoshop in some sort of sparkly

effect on the comics.

Sound

Magical sparkly sound

poof